Previews

Conflict: Global Terror

Each member of the squad has different unique roles, with one guy being the long-ranged sniper, another being the heavy weapons expert, and so on. If one of the team gets knocked out in action, it's possible to locate them and heal them up using med kit items to get them back in to action quickly. It's also worth noting that the developers have implemented multiple paths that reach the same goals, which adds a nice element of freedom to the otherwise potentially stale and linear levels seen in the past games of the series.

While you'd expect the game to fully support four player multiplayer action -- which it does -- I sadly wasn't able to the check out the online state of affairs during the demo, which was a shame as I think Conflict: Global Terror will really come into its own in that space.

Still, the promise of a single-player campaign and the upcoming online multiplayer all bodes well for a decent overall game. Let's just hope that American audience can get it into their heads that this is not a realistic sim-style military affair, but instead a good action team-based combat game. The theme and story might offend some sensibilities due to the sensitive concept of terrorism, but as a standalone piece of entertainment, all the signs are pointing to something that's good rather.